Pocket-lamp



(No Model.)

G. O. CARD. POCKET LAMP.

No. 506,307. Patented Oct. 10, 1893.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE O. CARD, OF SPENCERPORT, NEW YORK.

POCKET-LAM P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,307, dated October10, 1893.

Application filed May 11, 1892- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. CARD, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of the village of Spencerport, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Pocket-Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to lam psof the class commonly carried in thepocket for the purpose of lighting cigars, &c., and consists essentiallyof a wick the body of which is contained in a fount or oil reservoir andmeans of a novel and efficient nature for igniting that end of said wickwhich projects outside of said fount, thewhole being combined and constructed in such a manner as to render the article at once simpleanddurable, effective 2 provided, on its interior with a stud a the.

purpose of which will-be hereinafter explained.

B designates a shell or casing within which the upper end of the fount Afits and to which it is detachably secured in any suitable manner,preferably by frictional contact. The upper portion of the shell B isreduced in diameter and receives around it the lower portion of a capcarrying cylinder 0 the same being maintained in position about saidshell by means of a slot 0 with which it is provided and which isadapted to engage with a stud 1) formed upon the exterior of the reducedportion of said shell B.

D designates the wick carrier which is adapted to fit snugly within theupper portion of the fount A. It is provided with a recess d whichengages with the inwardly projecting stud a in said fount for thepurpose of maintaining it in position. I have found Fig. 2 is averticalsecfierial No. 432.617. (No model.)

it desirable to construct the upper portion of the carrier of reduceddiameter and to so disof the latter will project a short distance abovethe shoulder d. The oil or illuminating fluid, which is by capillaryattraction drawn over the top of the wick tube and which runs down thesame, will thus be turned back into the fount cylinder.

E designates a wick carried in any suitable manner in the wick carrierD. That end of the wick which it is designed to ignite will extend, ofcourse, above the wick carrier; the remainder will be carried inthe-fount A material.

F designates a spring or igniter secured in any suitable manner to thewick carrier D. As here shown its free end will preferably be arrangedadjacent to that end of the wick'E which projects above the carrier Dfor a purpose to be hereinafter explained.

G designates a coiled spring arranged within the cap carrying cylinder0. As here shown, its lower end impinges against the upper portion ofthe shell or casing B. Its upper end impinges against a slide orcylinder g having longitudinal movements within the cylinder 0.

H designates fulminating or igniting caps interposed between thecylinder g and the end of the cylinder 0. The latter is not closed atits end but its edges 0' are turned over or crimped in the manner shownin Fig. 5 so as to leave an open space at about the center through whichaccess may be had to the caps H, and a portion of the edge is cut awayon the side where it is not turned over, to such an extent that when acap has been used it can be removed.

The operation of my invention is as follows: Given the lamp closed inthe condition illustrated in Fig. 1 when it is desired to light thewick, the fount A, and its contained mechanism, is detached from theremainder of the lamp. The spring or igniter F is drawn quickly acrossthe bit of fulminate on the cap, until the igniter catches on the flange0 when it is stopped in the proper position to bring the wick over theflame caused by the explosion of the cap and there retain it until thewick is ignited. After the lamp in which may be placed illuminatingfluid or.

pose it within the fount cylinder that the top is used the flame may beextinguished and the fount and its mechanism restored to the positionillustrated in said figure. As fast as the caps are used the remains areremoved, by catching the same with the ignitor F and drawing them outfrom under the flange c where the tube has been cut away for thatpurpose and new caps are pressed into position, by the spring G. WVhenall the caps are exhausted a new supply may be introduced by removingthe spring Gr and slide or cylinder 9 and inserting the caps in thecylinder 0.

Modifications may be used in the details of construction of myimprovedpocket lamp without departing from the spirit or sacrificing theadvantages of the invention, the essential features of which have beenheretofore described and will now be claimed.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Ina pocket lamp the combination of two separate tubes, one of whichis provided with a spring and is adapted to carry a number of pellets orcaps, and the other provided with a reservoir, wiclcholder and scratcheradjacent thereto the said tubes being so constructed that one end of onetube is adapted to be inserted within one end of the other tube,substantially as shown and described.

2. A pocket lamp consisting of two tubes and a central tubular couplingpiece, one of said tubes being provided with a spring and adapted tohold a number of pellets or caps,

and the other being provided with a reservoir, wick-holder andscratcher' adjacent thereto, one end of the coupling piece being adaptedto enter the tube containing the spring and hold the spring in position,and the other adapted to telescope one end of the reservoir tube,substantially as shown and described.

3. In a pocket lamp the combination with the fount A, of the wick tubeD, scratcher F, casing B, spring G, movable head and cap cylinder 0, allsubstantially shown and described.

4. In a pocket lamp the combination of two separate tubes, one of whichis adapted to carry a number of pellets or caps and is pro vided with aflange 0', and the other provided with a reservoir, wicloholder andscratcher adjacent thereto, said scratcher being provided with a bent orhook shaped end and said tubes being so constructed that one end of onetube is adapted to be inserted within one end of the other tube,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 29th day of April, 1892.

GEORGE G. CARD.

\Vitnesses:

S. O. EDMONDS, ANDREW FoULns, J r.

